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Ancestry/Genealogy

OnionPatch

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5. I guess I was thinking Civil War era.

Reply to GeoWilliam750 (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 30, 2016, 10:52 PM

Sep 2016

But duh, you're right, the north did have slavery early on.....You can tell I'm no history expert.

It didn't occur to me to look for slave owners in my PA lines because my eastern PA ancestors were anti-slavery Quakers and the western PA lines I've researched so far were mostly small farmers and didn't include any slave owners (from what I saw in the records). But I suppose it's possible with this line I'm looking into now, I just started researching them and don't know much about them yet.

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Could anyone here help me guess at occupation abbreviations? [View all] OnionPatch Sep 2016 OP

I would guess "stationer"? Recursion Sep 2016 #1

Very helpful! Thanks. Little Star Oct 2016 #6

Great link! Thanks. OnionPatch Oct 2016 #8

Any further context? The Genealogist Sep 2016 #2

It's some sort of tax document I think. OnionPatch Sep 2016 #3

Actually, Pennsylvania was a slave state - until 1847, I think GeoWilliam750 Sep 2016 #4

I guess I was thinking Civil War era. OnionPatch Sep 2016 #5

City Directories Electron1 Oct 2016 #7